Car-coupling.



B. ZUGKERMAN.

GAR GOUPLING.

APPLIOATIQN FILED 313.26, 1912.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

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B. ZUGKERMAN.

UAR GOUPLING APPLICATION FILED BB. 26, 1912. 1,047,603.

By M70/"JEVS UNITED STATES OFFICE.

BERNAT ZUGKERMAN, or NEW Yonx, N. Y.

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Application filed February 'lo @LL whom it may concern: f

Be it known that I,`BiiiiNA'r Z of the city of New York, borough of Man? liattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented. 'a new and Improved. Car-Coupler, of which the 'following'i's' a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates generally to ca'r con# plers and more part the coupling of the. cars isy antoinatioally i Specioat'ioi'i o f `Letters Patent. l

tonnen-an, ai citizen of the United' States, and a: resident` icularly it isv 4directed to. "ii new and improved constrijietion whereby performed, the uneoupling thereof being ziccomplished in' a simple manner short-time. l. i

The principal objectofiiiy inventionisto provide va new and `improved car, `coupler inade up of few part-s which,however, are adapted to coi'yperzite seoure and andA in a witli'eacli *otliorf' iii a. efficient 'inanner whereby a new and improved structiireof this is pro- Other objects and ladvantages of the inf vention Will appear as of proceeds, the new and useful features being set forth inthe appended claim.

the description there! Reference is tobe had to theaoooinpany-- ing drawings forming a part y'of tliis speci- Iication in which similar characters"ofiefJ erenoe denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view twocars; Fig.A 2 is a vertical sectional View through one of,v the parts of. the Coupler;`

is a hori'ontal yseztional'View through the coupler;y Fig.` 4 is al verticalwsectonal view of Fig. I.; Fig. 5 is fa' plan view. of' a' modified. arrangement of" the coupler;v Fig.,

Fig. 3

6 is an end view thereof; Fig. 7 is afiirther modifedarrangement. f

Any suitable cars, designated land 2, arey adjacent ends with the coperating parts 3, 4, of the coupler, any suitable and desirable means being provided for securing these parts to the cars.

The part 3 comprises a'body having an intermediate open-portion .6,the outer walls of the open port-ion being dared as at 7, such, construction being well-known in devices of this'class.

--The part 4 eoinpreliends a forwardly ex provided at of the coupler operative position attho ad'jaoeiitends of member 5` tending portion 8 having pivoted tongues 9, 10,`at its forward end on opposite sides, the tongues being preferably any suitable pivot, such as a pin 11i- This pin may be secured in position in any desir-v mounted on lf.-

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able manner, as by means of'a screw '101.

plurality of recesses '3, by means of a. helical spring 14. In order to properly strengthen the parts, the inter-` mediate wall or partition 15 vof the forwardlyA extending portion recesses 12, 1 3, being on opposite sides thereof, this -wall or partition with a 4suitable opening 16V through which.

oi-der to limitv the travel `of. the tongues, guide rods 10() aremadeiise-of.

be noted that the 'ieces ses.f12,. 13, .are eX-.

portion S whereby shoulders. 17., 1 8,ar e .pro

ing provided eiigagenvith these shoulders.underv the in .Hueiice f the spring 14 so` that :thetongues 3 the levers this movement thel rods 27, 28, secured to the levers andextending through suitable c ipeningsg29, 30, in the side Walls of the portion Any suitable and made use of in moving the rods 27,

'oted elements 46,' 41,:in pivotal engagement Patented Deo. 17, 11912.

8 is provided, the

being provided Referring pa rtioulaijly'v to Fig., Sit will pivotal supports 25, 2G. As shownpaitic'ulie'adjaoent the` 9, 10, when the parts"arecoacting;` '100 or openings 12, 13, being obtained byumovel ment ofthe levers 23, 24 toward each other;

being effected by means of The portion 8 is preferably .provided with a 1.2, 13,v into which the tongues .9, 10, are .adapted to be moved, the

tongues, however, heilig maintained in "up- 'ward position, as shown -particularly in Fig.

the before-,nienti-oned vspring 14 passes. kIii the.

tended ifor a suitable distaiicefwithiiigthe f have a' predetermined .outward f movement.

LReferriiig pa-iticularly -to Fig, .3 it will be noted that the vopening or removed portion 6j Y in the lniiitfof a coupler` is provided zit-dia,l

opposite sideswith shoulders 21,

against which the` `free ends of they f tongues `9, y1() are. adapted'to engage .,when a ,opposite directions,v Y

In order'to provide for iincoupling the 5'zof the part 3'. i desirable means may-be 28, theyI construction sliov'vn'in Fig. 4 beingthatprevA ferred;-extendiiig transversely ofthe' 'por- 110 j tion 5 of the part .53" 'itrthe cooperating piv` with eachother atv 42, the pivotal engage-l mentbeing preferably a stud or post/43 lezeward each other will move the rods'27, 28,

" recesses oropenings 12, 13, in the portion 8,'

- fied and with them 'the levers 23, 24, toward each other, thereby venabling the parts of the 'coupler `to be` separated. In-order to providev for simple and convenient movement of the curved ends of the elements 40, 41, af suitable handle 46 is provided, the outer end` of which is pivot-ally secured at 47 to the elementv 40, the end of the element 41 being provided with a pin 48 engaging in a slot 49 within the handle 46 and adjacent the outer end thereof. lThe downwardly extending-spaced .ends o f the elements 40, 41, are

`maintained remote from each other .by any suitable means, preferably ahelicalspring 50, mounted on a vrod 51, carried by the parts and on whichy one of them moves.

In order to couple the two cars together it is necessary. merely to bringthem in such position that the forwardly projecting portion-8 on one of ythevcars enters into the opening or recess 6 inthe part carried by the other car, the tongues 9, 10, slipping pastthe shoulders 21,. 22, and becoming firmly/engaged against these shoulders after havingl been enteredinto. the opening; such'V --coupling requires no attention' or manual operation, beingfautomatlc .1n its, nature; 1n,

order-to uncouple thefears, they handle 46 is moved up, thereby bringing lthe upper curved ends of the elements .40., 41, together and also bringing the downwardly extend.

ing spaced ends 44, 45, toward eachother, the levers 23, 24, coming into engagement with and movingthe tongues L9, 1, (V),-`in't o the lafter which one car may be separatedfrom the other.

The device as described contemplates the use ofv the two parts ofthe coupler on cars so that adjacent ends of the cars will always be provided with the coperating portion; in order to provide for coupling of the cars in whatever arrangements, as shown and 7, may be made use of.

Referring particularly to Figs. 5 and 6, the two parts ofl the ,coupler 3a, 4, are preferably of integral construction and are positioned at right angles to each other and movably mountedV at the `end of the ear in a suitable bearing 50 by a in 51 passing therethrough ;v suchl construction permits of either element or portion 3al or 4* coperating with the opposite portion 8 or 4a on the in Figs.' 5,- 6,

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e'nd of an adjacent carI whereby they may be coupled together, the proper positioning of the parts being obtained by merely moving the structure about the point Tof pivotal land are mounted at the end of the ear in asuitable bearing 52 on a transversely extending pin 53. .By such construction it is obvious lthat while the-coperating elements of the coupler are different, the mounting 1s such that the coupling may be very easily coupler about the pivotal mounting in order to permit the two elements to coperate with each other. Of course the portions 3 and 3b, shown in the modifications, may be provided with the rods 27, 28, together with' the downwardly extending-spaced sides 44, 45, as shown particularly 1n Fig. 4, in order to enable the cars to be uncoupled; in such event the post or stud 43, shown in Fig. 1 carried by'the body of the. car, will, in this insta-nce, bemounted on the coupler itself.

Having thus described my mvention, I

claim as new, and desire to secure `by ,Letters I Patent A car` coupler 'comprising a body member having its 'intermediate portion removed,

ings at oppositev si es, levers pivotally mounted within the said removed portion, rods j secured to the levers` and extending through the said openings, a second coperating body member embodying a forwardly extending portion adapted to enter theremoved portion of the first .body member, pivotally mounted tongues carriedy by the `said forwardly extending portion, aspring for maintainin the ends of the tonguesu within the said. orwardly extending portion,

shoulders adjacent the insideof `the said intermediate removedportion, the ends of the said tongues engaging the shoulders, movement of the levers toward each other through the mediumA of the said rods bringing the tongues out of engagement with the said shoulders and permitting the parts of the coupler to be separated.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name -to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

"BERNAT ZUCKERMAN.

Witnesses:

` Eemian Srmenr.,

PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

by addressing the Commissioner offlat'ents,

n l Y .and quickly effected by merely turning either f provided with open- 

